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Sweet freedom's plains : African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841-1869 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Shirley Ann Wilson, 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Series:Race and culture in the American West ; v. 12.
Subjects:
African Americans > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Overland Trails > Description and travel.
Overland journeys to the Pacific > History > 19th century.
African Americans > West (U.S.) > Biography.
West (U.S.) > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The early Black presence in the West
  • On the eve of overland migration: antebellum slavery and freedom
  • The jumping-off places
  • The providential corridor
  • Community and work on the trails
  • Life, death, and acts of kindness
  • Sweet freedom's plains
  • Place of promise
  • Epilogue.